I do not own One Piece. I do not own anything, no, not a thing, nothing. Oh, but I do own my OCs, the plot and this story.
(*Normal POV*)
This happens on the streets of High Town in the Goa Kingdom on Dawn Island, everything went on as usual with nobles walking around showing off their riches. Somewhere near the shopping district, Ann walked the path that would eventually lead her to the Gray Terminal. She was 16, her long black hair tied in a high ponytail, and she dressed quite fine herself; a knee-length checkered orange dress under a white shrugs that's being tied into a knot at the center of their chest, her outfit is complete with white cowboy hat covering her dark red eyes and a pair of combat boots. She looked pretty, but not too fancy in order to blend in with the citizens.
Two months ago she docked here, two months ago she started to work as a bartender at the lower part of the Gao Kingdom, she enjoyed kicking out drunkards and not getting fired at the same time, all the work had earned her enough money to last another month or two. Today she received news of important visitors coming to this island and decided that it's time to leave. Important people always, I mean always bring bad news.
"So this is the 'High Town'…" She muttered to herself while looking around and sighed, "This place is so boring." She wanders around carrying a big bag as she finished shopping for the supplies she needed, her little empty boat tied to a tree outside the Grey Terminal, the place Sabo used to live. Obviously she doesn't know who he is.
Suddenly, an angry voice yelling "SHADDAPP!" followed by the sound of guns came from the ramen restaurant. A crowd was outside the store, they gasped when a man cover in blood limped outside.
BAM!
'Hey, now… There's something interesting!' Ann rushed over and took a peek inside, just in time to see a large man coming out followed by many others.
"Gahjajajajajaja! This is amazing! Tons from an ordinary ramen restaurant! Gahjajajaja!" the man in front, most likely the boss laughed as he stood on the man who was shot. He chewed the meat on a bone in his hand and face turned serious, "Don't mess with me you rich bastards."
'Maybe this place is more interesting than I thought.'
Since the thing with Sabo, Ace and Luffy had been seldom seen in High Town, thugs and pirates made their way in creating their rampage or stealing for the rich, not always a success, some still managed to achieve something before being arrested or chased off.
Soon later, Ann found herself back to the Gray Terminal where the locals dig for 'treasures' from the pile of junk that were brought in twice a day. And later, Mt. Corvo. After a long walk, Windmill Village was just ahead of her when she saw flash of white, red and green before getting tackled by a huge white, fluffy sheep.
"What the hell?" she gasped as she fell. "Huh? S-SHEEP? And... who the heck are you?"
"Dahahahahahahahaha! This is too funny! Dahahaha!" Shanks covered his face as he laughed with his hand on his stomach. Much to Ann's annoyance, the sheep licked her face. "Oi, Makino! I found the lost sheep! Dahahaha!"
"Stop laughing!"
"Oh my, come here Biri!" Makino ran out of the bushes calling out to the sheep, which obediently went to who Ann supposed, his owner.
Shanks was still laughing when he asked "Are you okay?"
Ann gave him a longgggggg look and frown, her clothes were covered in dirt and grass and so is her hair, the hat hung onto her neck. "No." she said, wiping the spot the sheep licked earlier. "Where am I anyway?"
"This is Mt. Corvo. Windmill Village is just over that small hill." Makino smiled and rested her head in her hand. "This little one here runs away from us from time to time." she giggled and looked at her watch, "I need to get back to the shop; it's the busiest at this hour! I know this is sudden and rude to ask, but will you two help bring Biri back for me? Thank you, stop by afterwards and I'll treat!" With that, she ran off.
"Huh? Wait-!" Both Shanks and Ann said in union, their face went completely blank. Ann looks at Biri, the sheep was busy munching at Shanks' cape.
"Uhh… Sheep's eating your clothes."
"What? Hey, that's my favorite cape!"
He started a tug-o-war with the sheep, no matter what happens he just refused to let it go! The cape ended up in Biri's mouth and left dragging on the floor back to the village while Ann rode it. Shanks however, was extremely upset about his cape that he ended up picking up a stick which originally used to chase it around with; but now he just held on to it and drag it on the floor, same as the cape.
"Just forget about the cape already."
"Tch. Stupid sheep."
Baaa-aaah!
"Looks like he understands you, mister."
Pouting, he locked his gaze at the sheep and not turns away the whole time they walked on the dusty path. Ann was worried that he would trip on something or slammed his face into a wall… No, scratch that, she'd love it if that happened.
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(*Still Normal POV*)
"Gyahahahahaha! I see, I see!" Somewhere outside a small barn in the village, an old man laughs his ass off while continuously slapping Shanks' back… "You causes trouble again, didn't you Biri? Gyahahaha! Thanks for bringing him back!"
"You're- Welcome-!" Shanks said between each impact on his back. "We- Should- Be- Going- Now- I mean- Right- Now!"
"Are you sure, I could fix your blanket for you? Gyahahaha!"
"It's… not a blnket. Oi…"
Ann tugged Shanks' sleeve, the one with the arm still there. She explained and gave Ol' man Jonny nod of thanks she pulled his arm to get him to move.
For almost half of the way to Makino's bar she had listen to his grumbling while hanging his cape over her shoulder like stinky old bath towel. It fell to the ground from time to time and Shanks finally had enough of it and snatch it from her, carrying it himself. Inside Partys Bar was quite crowded, mostly full of locals, visitors and the Red-Hair Pirates; they were too busy laughing to notice their captain coming in.
Ann found a seat in front of the counter while Shanks just stood beside her.
"Say, what happened you your arm?"
Ann met his eyes, an eyebrow rose, he grinned and held onto it saying something about, 'making a bet on the future' and laughed. Something told her that he wasn't lying, but a bet? With your limbs? That sounded kinda stupid in a way.
"Ara? You made it!" Makino came out from the back carrying trays of rum, placing one big glass in front of him. "Can I get you anything? On the house as promised!"
"Juice. And some sandwich if you have any, I haven't eaten since last night!"
"Makino~ Can you fix this for me?"
She took the black piece of clothe from him and held it up, there was a hole the size of a fist. Ah, that depends on what or who you are. "Sure. And I'll get your order soon."
"What's up with you and that cape?"
"Well, let just say it doesn't felt right without it. Anyway, I haven't heard your name yet. I'm Shanks!"
"Marie Ann Walker. Call me Ann."
"That's a lovely name." Said Makino, she placed the glass of juice and sandwiches in front of her. "Enjoy!"
"Hey, thanks!"
"Dahahahahaha! Juice? Still a kid, I see, I see!"
"You laugh too much!"
Anddddd it goes on. The village was overflowing with laughter that entire day; Ann had decided to stay at an inn for the night when she heard about a storm coming. Moreover, a black sheet had covered the skies, which made it harder for her to reach her boat.
The night grew colder and soon, a light shower started. It wasted no time and turned into a huge downpour followed by strong wind. She could hear the voices of the villagers shouting over the loud sound of the wind saying: 'Get the animals inside!', 'Don't let the kids out!', 'Check on the boats!', 'Watch out for falling three brunches!' or something weird like 'My underwhereeeee!' and 'Ah! I can't enjoy rum like this!' she chuckled, the playful wind must have blew someone's laundry away and Shanks was probably one of them complaining about rum during a storm, or rather people complaining about the noise. However for Ann, it sounded more like a lullaby to her.
Time passed rather fast that night, the morning mist lifted and the smell of the petrichor(smell of rain) filled the atmosphere. Many were already up and started cleaning the village. She opened the door to find the inn owner changing the flowers in the hall.
"Why, good morning Miss. Did you sleep well?" Asked the inn owner, "I'm really sorry; it wasn't a good time to visit since the rainy season just started."
"Good morning. Oh no, no, I slept well last night. It didn't bother me at all."
"Haha, good, good! Well, I'll be helping out with the cleaning; my wife is at the back, she could fix you some breakfast."
"It's ok, I was about to visit Partys Bar."
Ann went back in to her room and quickly changes out of her pajamas into dress she wore yesterday; they were washed and dried by the owner's wife just before the storm. 'Good thing they did too, I don't want to run around the streets in my pajamas.' Giggling to herself, she slips on her boots and hat before throwing her bag over her shoulder.
Morning breeze brushes her skin, she bid farewell to the owner and thanked him before going to the bar. Shanks was already there, having breakfast; or rather, drinking with his crewmates and laughing like mad.
"You're in a good mood today. And it's not even mid-day yet."
"Yo! I though you went back? And sake is sake, a drink meant to be enjoyed! It's healing water I say!"
"Yes, yes... I stayed at the inn; I can't go back with the storm last night. Besides, I'll be staying at an inn anyway, it's cheaper here. And who are they?"
"Ahh, these are my crewmates."
"Oh, I think I remembered that guy with the meat from yesterday. Heh… so you're a pirate, huh?"
"And pretty famous, yes I am. Dahahahahaha!"
Ann ignored him and ordered breakfast. "I'd like tea and some eggs on bread." There wasn't much customers at this hour since everyone are busy, her order came quite quickly. She took off her hat. letting it rest beside her plate and slipped her tea, "Is he drunk?" she looked at Benn than back at the red haired man, he only grinned before throwing an arm over his captain's shoulder and laughed. And it was not long until the whole crew joined in. "I'll take that as a yes."
"So," Shanks finished his bottle and place it down. "You have a boat near the Gray Terminal, yes?"
"It probably turned to junk or drifted away, I was going to go check after breakfast. Well, even if it is, that's not important; I have everything I own with me."
"You mean that oversize bag?"
"Yes, this one right here." Her eyes closed and took a slip out of her cup.
"Well you see my crew a small boat out in the sea. She was skewered on a pointed rock, isn't she important to you?"
"I appreciate her, and she helped me a lot. However, she was not mine… so I'm not able to shed a single tear."
"Then I felt sorry for the guy who gave her to you."
"Don't." She slipped her tea again. "I 'borrowed' her from some pirates."
"Dhahahaha, what an interesting kid! I like you, kid!"
"I already told you… I'm not a kid!"
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(*Ann's POV*)
Great, just great. Not only I've lost my boat but a group of pirates other than the Red hair pirates were here. Shanks went 'missing' this morning for some reason but his ship is still there so he must have went off for a walk or something. And the last thing I want to do is to walk onto a ship of who knows how many more pirates I don't know on there. The group of pirates has demanded food, rum and most supplies needed at sea from the villagers, they were not satisfied with what Makino's bar has offered. Well, we had a party last night to celebrate cleaning up after the storm and all… well, you know. But this is too much!
"Hurry up you landlubbers! Or our captain will come here himself. The man worth 70,000 Beli, Isaac Moore!"
"I am already here!" A huge man came out of nowhere, or at least, I didn't see him coming. His clothes were dirty and his slash or belt or whatever was covered in holes. "Load everything onto the boat and burn the village!"
The villagers gasped.
"What, you can't do that!" The mayor, what's his name again? I forgot, yelled and waved his cane(Did he even have one?) at them. Makino and some ladies held him back.
"Shut up! This island is crap, it may look expansive but there's no profit earned. Useless junk should be burned! Kahahahaha!"
That ticked me. A lit lighter did the trick; toss it at the guy's tattered clothing and it burns instantly. I chuckled, stepping out of my hiding spot, which was behind Biri the sheep and his friend, Billy the goat. "Burn baby, burnnn!" This is probably going to kill me, although the thoughts of it did not wash away the evil like grin on my face. "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey now, I like this place."
"Oh?" He spit on the ground. Ew. "Lass, what did you say?"
He slowly drew his sword and cut down a fence and a nearby three. Seriously? It wasn't even a clean cut! The wind danced around me as if they were alive, carrying leaves, twigs and little bits of dirt in them. Seconds later, Isaac fell to his knees.
"What's wrong, can't you stand?"
From his end, the air was dry, there was nothing there. No, not even air to breath
"You- *cough* What…d-did…you do?"
"'Air Vacuum', it sucks out air and oxygen as a result; you will die in seconds, or depends on how long you could hold your breath."
"Why you… Get… her!"
His men charged forwards and swung their swords. Their cuts were useless on me, but the sudden attack to my feet almost made me lost my balance. I jumped backwards on one leg a few times and kept one of my hands on my hat, my concentration is lost.
"Shit!" Oh well, time to run!
Isaac stood up and coughed out blood; he wiped it off and stared at me before I even have a chance to turn tails. "Is that a Devil Fruit?" He spoke, breathing heavily.
"It's quite useful." I smiled, as sweetly as possible. Yes, I'll just try and laugh my way out of this…. Not.
"Heaaa, you've eaten a Devil Fruit?"
Shanks put his head on my head, or my hat, it was a size bigger so it covered half of my face.
"Shanks! Where did you go?"
"Around." He shrugged. "Who's this?" Isaac swung his sword at us; I felt the impact when Shanks pushed me out of the way. When I opened my eyes I saw Isaac zombie-faced, his eyes were blanks, his mouth hanging opened and his sword broken; Shanks was holding the broken end in his hand. I ignored his question.
"A- amaing! H-hey, what did you do to him?"
A cold chill was felt, I struggled to stand up but I find it hard to move and felt dizzy. He bent down and lent me a hand. Even keeping my balance was hard, I grabbed on to the nearest three.
"Oops, I forgot you were here."
Eh? Nah, ask later. Escape now.
"Thanks. I- is he dead?"
"No, he's alive. Now come with me."
"Why?"
"Let's just say… Marines are coming and you needed transportation."
Shanks ended up tying them to a tree and calling the Marines, not a smart thing to do for a pirate. I can't remember how many times I almost laugh out loud by their conversation; he managed to reach Vice-Admiral Garp who happened to be on his way here. We are now back on his ship, or rather, this is my first time here. I waved good bye to the villagers of Windmill Village, really hopes that I could see them again in the future.
"Haki?" Shanks was explaining to me what he did to the pirates back then. "That was amazing. I didn't even notice it but I can certainly feel it afterwards."
"Dahahaha, what the hell does that supposed to mean?"
"Don't laugh!" Seriously, this guy laughs too much!
"Well, I don't want to dirty my sword. Say, tell me about your devil fruit."
"The Kaze Kaze no Mi? I found it during my travels, just not long ago. I never gotten a chance to try it out, but I used it a few times; it gives me control over wind and air, others thing too but not entirely, like how you suck water with a straw and makes wave when you blow on it. Useful stuff like that. Hey, where are we going anyway?"
"Sunny Hills, it's a winter island on the grand line."
"Doesn't sound like one."
"Well, just wait until we reach there, the hot spring there can really refresh you!"
"I'm still young, thanks."
"Dahahaha, the island is enjoyable for everyone!"
"Yeah… I hope."
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(*Still Ann's POV*)
Thank god I get to share a room with the nurses. Thank god we have our own bathroom. Thank god that- Ok, that's enough. I pretty much got use to how things work on Red Force; it's no different from how they acted in Partys Bar. Everyone- Well, almost everyone was nice.
The first day passed quickly, the second started early and ended with a big dinner. The next day, which is day three, I woke up to the ruckus on the deck. Ugh, still too early… and I'm still wearing my long sleeve nightdress. Uh… Walk walk walk walk walk walk walk, stop! Stairs. Climb climb climb- oh look, my hands on fire.
Wait 'da minute… "HOLY!" I had to slam my poor hand into something to put it out, and it's the same door that set my hand on fire that put it out, yes you guessed it! The shitty deck's on fire! It's amusing to watch the men running around, but I'd probably never get away with it later on. Better go help.
"We need water!"
That was the artist.
"Hey, anyone saw the doctor?"
Oh, that was one of the chefs.
"Attack! Attack!"
And that was- enough. Well, it's now or never... I stepped back a bit before ramming into the door although I was expecting instant death by being burnt or something then I realized something… my hand doesn't hurt. It's not hot either. I stood there dumb stroked, while swords keep going through me. Ah, the wonders of devil fruits… giving a small crooked smile, I laughed.
"HECK, NO!" I blew their swords away, kicking the nearest under the chin and did a flip so I was balancing myself on my hands and as I spin 'round in circles with them, so does my feet, kicking every one of them at least once. I mean! Not getting burnt is not a bad thing but, "I seriously though I was going to be charred, dammit!"
Ah-ha! Hello, readers, I am the one who wrote this story. The story with many grammar errors and lots of tense-changing. Oy, bear with me, English is not my mother tongue. ==
Anyways, I want to murder my brain, I can't think of one thing at a time so my story is really confusing at times. I'll try to make it more interesting, if you have any ideals please do tell me about it! ^^
Now then, my story is really more focus on my OC, Ann. And I try to follow to One Piece plot, please keep it mind this happens two years before Luffy set sail to become a pirate meaning one year after Ace's absent…. I think. My god, I messed with time line too much even I got confused… Eh, just go along with it! d=u=b
Next time on SCF:
Pirates, eh? I rubbed my eyes and smirked, I can see better now. "Meaning I can kick their ass and not get in trouble."
"That's a big mouth, my dear."
A tall woman stepped in; her blue locks tied low in a short ponytail. Her face shows anger, golden eyes narrowed, red lips dropped in a small frown. And boy, just how much pieces of clothing she's wearing? Not to mention the golden fur coat, it's way too ugly.
"Who are you, lady?"
I will update whenever I felt like it, to tell the truth I started this story a few months back and I'm almost finished with the first part. Just editing… I'MMA SO SORRY ABOUT MA' GRAMMMARRRR! QAQ;;;a
Eto… I was going to was something else… I forgot. :D Please review, arigato!